Perry:Then carry on with that to which you 'feel drawn'. I engaged in similar activity for about 18 months some 20+ years ago. I've come to rather different conclusions concerning the intrinsic value of such activity.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: May 27, 2005 10:03 Subject: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: Dave uses Socratic Method of Teac > Lance, > > I agree with you. We all want to be in truth, and cling dearly to and > defend that which we believe to be true. I typically have not spent my time > trying to penetrate 'that'. My reason is that, first of all, I consider most > of those issues to be "in house" debates. Christians reasoning with > Christians about non-critical (in most cases) issues. However, if I saw a > brother that I felt was making a mistake that was critical to his/her > salvation, I would have to appeal to him and to try to bring him to the > light of scrpture. > > Second, and perhaps more important in my instance, is that I feel drawn > and compelled to appeal to mormons to examine their own faith in light of > Biblical facts; something very few are willing to do in an honest and > intellectual manner. Is this the Holy Spirit drawing me to this purpose? > While I cannot positively say that it is (I have heard no voices, nor have I > seen any hands writing walls), I have to believe that it is because I pray > to God to be shown the truth. I pray that if this compulsion to reach out to > momons is of Him that it persist, and that if it is not that he remove it. > > Perry > > > >From: "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Perry: There are some, you and I among them, on TT who similarly 'cling' to > >that which is simply not so concerning the nature of God and His Gospel. > >Would you not agree? Does one find penetrating 'that' any easier? > > > >Lance > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: May 27, 2005 09:25 > >Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: > >Dave uses Socratic Method of Teac > > > > > > > Lance, > > > > > > I am not angry at them. I am pained by their inability to reason > >outside > > > of Joseph Smith. They do not think for themselves at all. When it comes > >to > > > spiritual things, they cling to Smithism like they are clinging to a > >sinking > > > life raft in a storm. By the way, I DO beleive that the clinging thing > >is > > > great...but you have to be clinging to something real, something that > >holds > > > water, floats. > > > > > > Anything I post to the mormons that may appear angry stems from my > > > frustration of trying to penetrate the veil erected by Satan around > >these > > > people. I have no ax to grind with them personally. If I did not care > >for > > > them I would not go to the effort to try to reach them. It pains me that > > > such wonderful and dedicated people are being led to the slaughter by > >Satan > > > and are totally oblivious to that fact. The opposite of love is not > >hate. > > > The opposite of love is indifference. If I did not love them, I would be > > > totally indifferent toward them. > > > > > > Perry > > > > > > >From: "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: Dave > > > >uses Socratic Method of Teac > > > >Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:02:54 -0400 > > > > > > > >Charles:Are you angrier at the Mormons than God is? > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: May 27, 2005 08:57 > > > >Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: Dave > >uses > > > >Socratic Method of Teac > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dave, do you sometimes teach mormon doctrine on TT? > > > > > > > > > > >From: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > >Pery wrote: Are you on TT to teach mormon doctrine? > > > > > > > > > > > >DAVEH: No, Perry....as I've explained before, that was not what > > > >motivated > > > > > >me to join TT, nor is it the reason I remain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you > >may > > > >know how you ought to answer every man." 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